Thread-holder



No. s|2,|ao. Patented Oct. ll, I898.

E. G. SEWARD.

THREAD HOLDER.

(Application filed Jan. 1397-) ("0 Model.)

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EDlVARD C. SEWARD, OF MONTCLAIR, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO B. L.ARMSTRONG, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

THREAD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,180, dated October11, 1898.

Application filed January 22, 1897. Serial No. 620,197. (No model.)

To aZl whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD O. SEWARD, of Montclair, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovementin Thread-Holders, of which the following is a specification.I

My invention relates to an improvement in thread-holders in whichprovision is made for retaining a skein of silk or thread within awrapper in such manner that when the loop at one end of the skein is cutthe threads may be drawn one at a time from Within-the holder withoutliability of snarling the remaining threads.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents the holder with theskein therein as it appears ready for market. Fig. 2 represents the samewith an end of the skein out ready for withdrawing the threads. Fig. 3represents the blank which forms the casing of the holder and the corearound which the casing is denoted by B and consists of a flat strip ofmaterial-such, for example, as

paper-havin g one of its ends folded or rolled over upon itself, asshown at b, to form an enlarged rounded end to serve as abearing overwhich the threads of the skein may be smoothly drawn from within thecasing.

The core B is made separate from the easing and is preferably of a widthsubstantially equal to the width of the interior of the casing.

The skein of silk or thread is denoted by C, and after the skein hasbeen passed over the core it is, together with the core, inserted withinthe casing in the position shown in Fig. 4.

The enlarged rounded end of the core has a tendency to press apart theopposite sides of the casin g as the skein,with the core therein, ispulled upon at the end opposite that where the rounded bearing islocated, and for the purpose of permitting the rounded end of the coreto pass between the projecting sides of the casing, where the core ismade the full width of the casing, the opposite edges of the casing maybe severed for a short distance, as shown at Ct at.

In use the casing may be held between the thumb and forefinger of theleft hand at a point just inward from the position occupied by theenlarged end of the core and the threads may be drawn over the roundedend of the core at pleasure.

The enlarged rounded end of the core performs a double function in thatit prevents a core separate from the casing from being drawnlongitudinally through the casing and at the same time furnishes asmooth bearing over'whichthe threads may be drawn without liability ofcatching or cutting creases in the bearing.

What I claim is- A thread-holder comprising a folded casing having oneof its ends slit for the reception of the head of the core, a corewithin and separate from the casing for separating the opposite sides ofthe skein, the said core having one of its ends folded over to form aretainin'g-head and a bearing for the threads when the latter arewithdrawn for use, substantially as set forth.

EDWARD o. SEWARD.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNEs, C. S. SUNDGREN.

